Reawakening: SSS-Rank Villain’s POV

"Who are you?" The old man asked as his red eyes swept through Lucian's dirty body.

Sand and dust was in his face, preventing the old man from seeing his true face.

But then Lucian frowned lightly, he couldn't clearly hear the heart beat of the old man, which was impossible.

Every ranker no matter how strange had a heart.

Every ranker also possess sharp ears and sense. They could listen and determine the strength of the opponent if they were patient enough to calculate it.

But Lucian couldn't clearly hear the old man's heartbeat.

The old man's heartbeat was very silent and if Lucian didn't listen intently, he would be unable to clearly hear the heartbeat.

But his frown deepened as he could sense that the threat the old man posed to him was little at first, but it was starting to increase at a rapid pace. It seem as if the old man's strength continued to rise but in a very hidden manner.

If not for the slight reverberations coming from the old man's body, Lucian wouldn't have been able notice it.

Moreover, the old man's heartbeat also continued to rise but it was extremely subtle and almost silent as though he had placed some kind of silencer in his heart.

But Lucian could still somehow sense it.

His eyes suddenly flashed and it widened as he thought, 'The Oldman is stalling for time!' if the old man truly wanted to know the year, checking his imprint was just one of the many ways to know what the date was.

He had been almost tricked

In a split second, he made a decision and Lucian suddenly attacked.

His strike was quick, savage and fierce without any elegance and style. Without any technique whatsoever, only pure was strength involved.

It was as if he wanted to quickly end the old man as quick as possible.

The old man's static face instantly turned sinister as he laughed savagely. His sharp canine was instantly revealed as it elongated a few inches long, glinting in a sharp manner.

His dry voice rang out again.

"Smart little fellow, pity you realised too late." His mind was at rest now, his strength had recovered to match that of a Peak Rank 1 Fighter!

Although it was still very little, he should be able to handle this little fellow.

And then, try to fully recover his strength while at same time, confirming if his experiment was indeed a success. And to do that, he needed blood.

His whole body hungered for blood but it wasn't a very intense feeling. The feeling was subtle as though it hadn't awakened yet.

It seem as though the feeling was still asleep, in a comatose state.

Although the little fellow's blood wouldn't be enough, it would at most recover some of his strength

Lifting his hand, he too casually lifted his hands and he clawed out in a swift manner.

His claw was like a shadow that made absolutely no sound in the atmosphere as it moved swiftly in the air.

It was as if his whole body had been silenced.. Making no sound in the surroundings.

"KA-BOOOM!!!"

As soon as their attacks met, it was like an explosion had gone off in that small office. Lucian groaned slightly and he was immediately rebounded back.

He felt as if he had punched an iron steel tank wall even more thicker than the one he had punched through on the ceiling.

His fist even had a few scratches on the surface but only white marks was revealed on his fist, no blood dripped out of it.

The old man's body shook but he immediately stabilized his body but the Cryogenic pod he was standing on instantly exploded and multiple pieces flew about in the small office.

The wrinkled face of the Old man couldn't help but wrinkle more if it could even get more wrinkler.

He hadn't expected Lucian's strength to be at such a degree. What made him even more angry was the fact that he had gotten this Cryogenic pod for an astronomical amount of money and connections but now, it had been destroyed into multiple pieces.

And from the destruction, no genius was needed to know that there wasn't any chance repairing the Cryogenic pod. It was no different from scrap metal now.

His blood red eyes instantly shone in anger as he instantly pounced forwards.

His speed was fast, extremely fast to the extent that its trajectory and displacement was completely unreadable.

But Lucian smiled, instead of being afraid. He didn't stand on ceremony either and without warning, he pounced sideways, his movements, like a panther as he activated Crimson shadowstep!

Clenching his fist, he sent a fist to his left side which was weird since the Old man's blur was still in front of him, if a human was to judge the situation clearly.

"Bang!"

The same explosion sounded out, but this time, Lucian was pushed four steps backwards, trying to counter the force that had passed through his body.

The old man's movement paused slightly but in a split second, he continued as he pursued Lucian's figure like a moving phantom.

In a blink of an eye, both figures exchanged a couple of blows and from an outsider's point of view, Lucian was at a complete disadvantage.

The old man's strength continued to increase as the force in his swipes also increased in strength.

Lucian's fists had already turned red but it wasn't to the point of bleeding but the scratches on his fist had increased.

His flesh and muscles was strong enough to hold in such torture without splitting apart yet.

Suddenly, the oldman retreated as the look he was using to stare at Lucian changed.

"I have to admit, you are quite strong for a kid." The old man said.

"Thanks for the compliment." Lucian shrugged.

"But you sure are naive to think you can defeat me by exhausting my strength." The old man sneered.

Lucian frowned, that was what he had truly been planning.

The old man had just woken up from a deep sleep so he should be quite weak and should also be getting weaker by the moment but seeing as the oldman had seen through his trick, he questioned.

"What are you planning?"

"Hahaha. You should know it took me a lot of time, effort and resources to genetically modify and edit my gene according to the ancient formula. Now that I have successfully modified myself, do you think I will give myself a chance to fail right at the critical stage?" the old man laughed mockingly.

And immediately, he suddenly tapped his imprint.

Lucian's eyes darkened as he immediately exploded into a retreat since his back was facing the entrance.

As he was about to exit, there was a sudden bang and the steel door of the entrance closed in that instant.

But Lucian didn't seem as though he saw the door, his body instantly smashed the door.

"BOOM!"

But what Lucian had been hoping for didn't happen.

He was immediately repelled back by the steel door. It was no ordinary steel, it was definitely made of a special material which Lucian could not recognise.

Taking his eyes off the door, his gaze was expressionless as he stared at the grinning old man.

"Do not worry little fellow, I will make sure you feel good as I suck the life out of you." The old man grinned sinisterly, his sharp canine was revealed and his strength was increasing instead of decreasing.

Lucian's eyebrows twitched as he mumbled "Dammit, a Vampire this soon?"

The old man who was about to move suddenly froze and the expression on his face was suddenly horrified as he almost shouted "How do you know that name!?"

Without waiting for Lucian to answer he pointed at Lucian. "Who are you?"

Lucian wasn't as ignorant as he was a few weeks ago. He knew that saying the names of any ancient beast or men of myth outside was basically courting death.

He had just hoped to wither away the old man's concentration.

He then sneered as he stared at the old man. "What? Vampire?"

Walking forward in a slow but steady manner. "You think yourself a vampire? You can't even compare to a halfling, what gives you the right to claim a vampire?"

The old man suddenly sneered as he seemed to have regained his composure and he replied. "Just because you know the Mythological name of my genetic mod, doesn't mean you know the traits and characteristics."

Lucian suddenly burst into laughter as he snickered "You are the one is truly naive. Blood red eyes, protruding fangs, retractable claws and a silent heartbeat. Those are the traits of a vampire."

The old man suddenly cut Lucian off as he snorted. "Just because you know doesn't mean anyone can replicate it. In the past few centuries, I am the only known man to have ever truly been genetically engineered into a true blooded Vampire."